Old painting early 20th century - Tugboat on the Seine - Oil on canvas signed (VOLLON Alexis)

Biography

VOLLON Alexis (1865 / 1945)
Born May 12, 1865 in Paris, died in 1945, French.
Genre painter, figures, landscapes, engraver. He was a student of Antoine Vollon, his father.
He exhibited in Paris, at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1885, of which he was an out-of-competition member, member of the Committee and the Jury.
He received an honorable mention in 1885, a third class medal in 1888, a second class medal in 1889, a silver medal in 1900 at the Universal Exhibition.
He was made a knight of the Legion of Honor in 1900. This artist would have deserved a destiny more marked by significant success, if not a glorious destiny.
He appeared in the time of the great impressionists, whom he does not equal, and he often treated subjects that were familiar to them. His landscapes, notably those of the Seine in Paris: The Seine at the Pont des Saints-Pères, The Seine at the Pont Alexandre III are translations of atmosphere of indisputable quality.
He also painted, with less brilliance, figures, including: Maternal tenderness. Also an engraver, he favored the etching technique.
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